What do "I Got Rhythm," "The Maltese Falcon," and "The Little Engine That Could" have in common? They all went into the ...

Key Takeaways - Public Domain Day 2026 releases thousands of creative works for free use. As of January 1, literary works from 1930 and ...

Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright ...

What if Netflix only carried movies from the first half of the 20th century, charged nothing, and didn't track your every ...

On New Year’s Eve, how many people were counting down the final seconds of the old year while thinking about copyright and the public domain? Not many, I dare say. But for those who follow copyright ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...

LOS ANGELES — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and ...

One of the most unusual of the creative treasures to enter the public domain this month is King of Jazz. The plotless, experimental 1930 musical film shot in early Technicolor centers on influential ...

Nancy Drew has survived some scary situations. But the slender, attractive sleuth has just entered the most hair-raising of all: the public domain. On New Year’s Day, 95 years of copyright protection ...

On January 1, everything published in 1930 entered the U.S. public domain. According to Standard Ebooks, the volunteer-run project prepared 20 new free ebooks to celebrate, including some major titles ...